Davidsonia - A Journal of Botanical Garden Science

Davidsonia Volume 19, Number 1, January 2008

Thu, 29 May 2008 16:15:16 -0700

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Davidsonia - A Journal of Botanical Garden Science

Editorial - Davidsonia Volume 19, Number 1

Thu, 29 May 2008 16:14:37 -0700

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Editor, Iain Taylor writes on the need for environmental protection of endangered habits in the face of encroaching human development and a changing climate.

Historical (pre-settlement) ecosystems of the Okanagan Valley and Lower Similkameen Valley

Thu, 29 May 2008 15:04:47 -0700

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A series of maps compare the 1800, 1938 and 2005 ecosystems in the Okanagan and Lower Similkameen Valleys. Much of the gentle slope valley bottom ecosystems have been replaced by urban and agricultural development. Analysis of the areal extent of historical and remaining areas has been done for specific ecosystem types that are important for many species at risk and are themselves ecosystems at risk. These include: Douglas-fir – pine-grass gentle slope; Ponderosa pine – bluebunch wheatgrass gentle slope; water birch – red-osier dogwood wetland riparian shrub; black cottonwood – red-osier dogwood floodplain; the Okanagan River ecosystem; cattail marsh; Idaho fescue – bluebunch wheat-grass grassland; big sagebrush shrub-steppe and antelope-brush – needle-and-thread grass shrub-steppe. For two of these ecosystems, over 90 percent of the original ecosystem has been lost.

Uses of this mapping for conservation of species at risk are presented, including applications to status assessment, quantification of threats, informing restoration projects, and providing data on the importance of the remaining areas of ecosystems that have been severely depleted. The paper concludes that it is important to focus on conservation of ecosystems in order to maintain species at risk.

Gleanings - Davidsonia Volume 19, Number 1

Thu, 29 May 2008 14:20:47 -0700

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Notes on papers (some technical and others less so) that may be of interest.

Instruction to Authors 2008

Thu, 29 May 2008 14:12:53 -0700

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Instructions for authors submitting articles for publication in Davidsonia.

Davidsonia Volume 18, Number 3, July 2007

Fri, 15 Feb 2008 16:27:37 -0800

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Davidsonia - A journal of botanical garden science.

Editorial - Davidsonia Volume 18, Number 3

Fri, 15 Feb 2008 16:23:37 -0800

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Editor Iain Taylor writes about the historical development of the landscape at the University of British Columbia and the UBC Botanical Garden.

The three landscape legacies of Frank Ebenezer Buck: the record and personal encounters

Fri, 15 Feb 2008 16:14:03 -0800

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The life of early 20th century plantsman, Frank Ebenezer Buck and his many influences on the landscape development of British Columbia are chronicled, by local landscape architect Clive L. Justice.

The index seminum–process and evolution at the UBC Botanical Garden

Fri, 15 Feb 2008 16:07:29 -0800

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The UBC Botanical Garden published its first official index seminum seed exchange list in 1939. This important exchange of plant materials among botanic gardens and other institutions is described by curator of the E.H. Lohbrunner Alpine Garden, Brent Hine.

Gleanings - Davidsonia Volume 18, Number 3

Fri, 15 Feb 2008 15:41:23 -0800

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Notes on papers (some technical and others less so) that may be of interest.

Davidsonia Volume 18, Number 2, April 2007

Thu, 15 Nov 2007 19:24:28 -0800

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Davidsonia - A Journal of Botanical Garden Science. Volume 8, Number 2, April 2007.

Editorial - Davidsonia Volume 18, Number 2

Thu, 15 Nov 2007 19:18:47 -0800

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Editor Iain Taylor writes about the role of botanic gardens in the conservation of rare plants.

The North American flowering of the cultivated fountain bamboo, Fargesia nitida (Poaceae: Bambusoideae), in Vancouver, BC

Thu, 15 Nov 2007 19:09:12 -0800

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Fargesia nitida, the fountain bamboo, is a hardy and attractive bamboo that is commonly cultivated in North America. Because its reproductive structures were not known until recently, there have been several taxonomic issues with this species. Fargesia nitida began flowering in 1993 in the United Kingdom for the first time since its original collection in its native China in 1886, and it has since been expected to flower in North America. Here I document its recent flowering in Vancouver, British Columbia, and I provide a morphological description of flowering individuals of this species.

Carrierea calycina, the goat horn tree - a two part account of its history in western cultivation and recent reintroduction

Thu, 15 Nov 2007 18:20:42 -0800

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Carrierea calycina, a tree in the Flacourtiaceae, was collected by the plant explorer, E. H. Wilson, in 1908 and introduced to the United Kingdom from seed obtained in western Sichuan (Mupin). The plants were raised in the U.K. by Messers. Veitch and Sons, and distributed in 1912 as part of their closing sale…It seemed that the only surviving specimen in the British Isles was at Birr Castle in Eire, but a second was later found at Rowallane in Northern Ireland. I reintroduced this tree to cultivation some 20 years after I was employed as curator of the David C. Lam Asian Garden at the University of British Columbia (UBC) Botanical Garden.

Book Review

Thu, 15 Nov 2007 18:13:13 -0800

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Klaas J. van Wijk, Cornell University, reviews Plant Proteomics, edited by Christine Finnie.